Tuesday, January 11, 2011

I now have the website up! whew what a lot of work. I am linking it to the art blog though and will be updating there too. I am not sure what to do with this blog - not sure how many people come here - Hi Janet and Kim! oh and MOM - and it might be confusing to have 2 blogs. I might see about importing these posts to the art blog and then continuing with one... what do ya think?

Above is a new piece I painted and I have more listed at the etsy store here

I have a facebook fan page here that is pretty cool. I made a custom home tab and it makes it is more unique than landing at the wall. You can still access the wall and leave a comment!

I am also on twitter which is a lot of fun! Meeting lots of artists on there and tons of great content because these people are all interested in the same things. Like a bunch of mini blogs.

That's it for now! yikes. I want to start a zazzle shop for products and maybe an artfire shop for other art. I am working on my youtube channel and would like to start posting some videos.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

First, I am going to attempt the photo a day 365 challenge. Number one above! I will probably post them weekly but I will try to TAKE a photo each day. How hard can that be? :)

Christmas and Holidays was quiet and nice with family. I had my decorations BURIED so it was good that I went away! That meant that the stocking for Sarah was buried too and even though she is 18 (19 in 3 days! ) she still loves her stocking. I was gonna buy one, but I decided since I had the sewing machine out from making the monster (past post) I would make her one!

I hand stitched the name and did the trim and ribbon. She LOVED it! and now she can take it with her for her next Christmases.

Speaking of the previous monster, when she saw the one I had made - she wanted one! So I made her one of those too.

It's a rockin out one and with some leather and lace. She loved this too! And she can be a little picky... just sayin. She will tell you what she likes and doesn't like and she's not the "artsy" type like her mama so it was nice to see her like the stuff I did.

So now on Day 2 of 2011 I am putting out my word for the year too.

FOCUS.

Something I need a lot of - lol. I tend to do lots of things, have lots of ideas, and not get anything done. Some things done, but not the LISTS of things I would like.

So now to focus, get off the computer more - or USE it for making those things happen. Have a schedule for art, for reading, for leisure, make some deadlines and follow through.

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Hopefully all your ins are outs and everything is in the right place. :)

I'm all ready and waiting to see my girlie!! We are going to see Harry Potter over the holidays as that is a tradition we have always seen them together. I thought maybe this year she wouldn't care, but she is MAKIN me! lol. She is like we always do this together - we have to see them all. So of course we are.

Lots of exciting things brewing and I will tell you all about it in the new year!

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

This is my monster for week 3 of the willowing class. I named her Lulabelle- not sure why- the name just jumped at me.

One thing I liked about this is that it is all made from stuff I had here. All recycled! Buttons, fabric, ribbon, felt - all part of my stash. Glad it came in handy for something :) Even the stuffing! I actually had no polyfil and I wanted her done NOW. So I took a flat pillow and gutted it! hehe.

This is a detail of her tummy. I am so psyched that my simple machine even did these stitches! The heart is an embossed velvet upholstery fabric.